Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(955 total reviews)
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19% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer, II employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 955 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer, II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer, II professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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955 reviews
3.0
Oct 29, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Big company. Lots of mobility between teams.

Cons

Mediocre pay and benefits. Not a lot of personal interest in employees except when things aren't great. Also very elitist where CS degrees vs all other degrees are concerned.

4.0
Oct 26, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Get to work with great people The challenges due to scale of things are interesting

Cons

Oncalls can be bad sometimes Many teams you interact with will be in another timezone, expect late night/early morning conf calls

3.0
Oct 22, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good exposure to the business world. Fast-paced development action. Good salary and equity.

Cons

Very little focus on quality engineering. Drowning in overcommitted technical debt. Very little emphasis on employee happiness.

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